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Remember, you have the right to live without fear and violence.

If you are still in the relationship:

• Think of a safe place to go if an argument occurs - avoid rooms with no exits (bathroom), or rooms with weapons (kitchen).
• Think about and make a list of safe people to contact.
• Keep change with you at all times.
• Memorize all important numbers.
• Establish a "code word" or "sign" so that family, friends, teachers or co-workers know when to call for help.
• Think about what you will say to your partner if he\she becomes violent.

If you have left the relationship:

• Change your phone number.
• Screen calls.
• Save and document all contacts, messages, injuries or other incidents involving the batterer.
• Change locks, if the batterer has a key.
• Avoid staying alone.
• Plan how to get away if confronted by an abusive partner.
• If you have to meet your partner, do it in a public place.
• Vary your routine.
• Notify school and work contacts.
• Call a shelter for battered women.

If you leave the relationship or are thinking of leaving, you should take important papers and documents with you to enable you to apply for benefits or take legal action.

Important papers you should take include social security cards and birth certificates for you and your children, your marriage license, leases or deeds in your name or both yours and your partner's names, your checkbook, your charge cards, bank statements and charge account statements, insurance policies, proof of income for you and your spouse (pay stubs or W-2's), and any documentation of past incidents of abuse (photos, police reports, medical records, etc.) My Personal Safety Plan

Emergency Evacuation Plan 

Keep this with you and gather important phone numbers and information.  Check off items that have been completed to help you keep track.   

Tips to Increase Safety at Home 

¨     Practice an emergency evacuation plan.

¨     Teach children emergency evacuation action and phone use.

¨     Keep pay phone monies in a safe place.

¨     When violence seems close, avoid the kitchen, bathroom and any other room without an outside door.

 Evacuation Emergency Bag 

¨     Identification documents for children and self.

      (Social Security cards, birth certificates, passports)

¨     Legal Documents

¨     Personal Necessities (clothes, medication)

¨     Extra keys for car, house, storage. 

More Tips for Safety 

¨     Please do not try to leave without help from someone you trust.

¨     Get an Injunction for Protection.  Call 407-665-6226 for Injunction assistance.

¨     Keep copies of Injunction with you at all times:  work, home, shopping, school, etc.

¨     Call 911 if you are in immediate danger. 

If you need to talk about the violence, please call our crisis line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at

407-330-3933. 

Evacuation Safety Contacts/Numbers

(Attorney, Doctor, Taxi, Personal Contacts, Public Assistance, etc)

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Contact Information:

Hotline: 407-330-3933 or 800-500-1119

Administrative Offices:  407-302-5220

Injunction Offices:  407-665-6226 or 407-665-6236

Send mail to mskorepa@safehouseofseminole.org with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: 05/02/08